LDRS 612 Leading Change and Innovation: George Weston Limited

This presentation analyzes the change initiative involving the introduction of high-pressure processing technology at George Weston Limited, driven by a transformational servant leader to enhance food safety. It discusses the technological changes, highlighting the benefits of high-pressure processing in retaining color, aroma, and nutritional value while being environmentally friendly. The presentation addresses potential resistance from employees who may fear technological unemployment or lack of skills, and it suggests strategies for a transformational leader to overcome these challenges by communicating the advantages of change, reassuring employees, providing updates on progress, and redefining organizational goals. References to academic sources are included to support the analysis. Desklib provides access to similar presentations and solved assignments for students.

Change and
Innovation in
OrganisationNAME OF THE STUDENT
NAME OF THE UNIVERSITY
AUTHOR NOTE

Change Initiative in George
Weston Limited
 Canning was previously used
as the food preservation
technique in George Weston
Limited
 The change initiative brought
about by the
transformational servant
leader is in relation to high
pressure processing that
have been brought about in
the organization for
achieving the food safety

Technology Changes in
George Weston Limited
 The use of technology of high
pressure processing can help
in the aspect of retaining
colour, aroma and preserving
the nutritive components
that can act to the benefit of
the organization
 It can help in providing
environmental friendly
technology that is waste free

Kind of Resistance that can be
faced
 The employees of George
Weston Limited will resist the
changes because they will
fear that the change will
pave the path for
technological unemployment
 The arriving of new
technology is generally
associated with that of the
education of the labour
intake and hence they would
resist the change

 The workers in George
Weston Limited would feel
that they would have to face
demotion if they do not learn
the new skills in the event of
the occurrence of
technological changes
 The employees would fear
that they would not be able
to perform the task in an
efficient manner that will
cause a decline in relation to
productivity.

Ways of overcoming
challenges by a
transformational leader The transformational leader
should inform the employees
regarding the advantages
brought about by the change
that can help the employees
of George Weston Limited.
 The employees should be
reassured by the
transformational leader by
providing them with the
correct facts that can provide
them with the
encouragement

 The transformational leader
in the organisation should
focus on the aspect of
communication of progress
that can keep the employees
updated through the process
of change management
 The transformational leader
in George Weston Limited
should define the expected
result to the employees and
should redefine the goals in
the organization.

References
 Carnall, C., 2018. Managing change. Routledge.
 Doppelt, B., 2017. Leading change toward sustainability: A
change-management guide for business, government and civil
society. Routledge.
 Eason, K.D., 2014. Information technology and organisational
change. CRC Press.
 Hayes, J., 2018. The theory and practice of change management.

 Lozano, R., Ceulemans, K. and Seatter, C.S., 2015. Teaching organisational
change management for sustainability: designing and delivering a course
at the University of Leeds to better prepare future sustainability change
agents. Journal of Cleaner Production, 106, pp.205-215.
 Pollack, J. and Pollack, R., 2015. Using Kotter’s eight stage process to
manage an organisational change program: Presentation and
practice. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 28(1), pp.51-66.
 Rosenbaum, D., More, E. and Steane, P., 2018. Planned organisational
change management: Forward to the past? An exploratory literature
review. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 31(2), pp.286-303.
 Weston.ca (2018). George Weston Ltd.. [online] Weston.ca. Available at:
http://www.weston.ca [Accessed 13 Sep. 2018].

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